wiesenfelder of cars.com. "it might seem like they are losing by going to 2nd or even 3rd place, but in reality if they are giving more incentives to raise sales numbers, it's not necessarily a good long- term strategy." globally, sales of cars and trucks in 2012 are expected to exceed 80 million, making it a record year. the largest demand is for fuel-efficent vehicles. a buyout is brewing at caribou coffee. the minneapolis-based coffee chain is being taken private. a german holding company plans to shell out $324 million for the buyout, and will pay $16 per share. caribou shares gained steam on the news. shares closed up 30% yesterday at $16.10. a couple of deals are on the table this morning. elliott management is offering to buy software developer compuware for $2.35 billion. shares of compuware rallied more than 13% as officials said they are thinking it over. meanwhile, sprint has reached an agreement to buy the rest of clearwire it doesn't already own for $2.97 per share. that's 7 cents more than its la